London, France's sixth biggest city

vivatifosi

Joe_Bloggs wrote: »

The French are to create an MP for Northern Europe. There may be close to 80% of the constituency in the UK if not just London.
J_B.

Interesting and not a bad idea. Can't see us doing the same and having an MP for ex-patriates based in Spain though. I wonder if we'll see French lobbying of the British parliament.

Generali

Joe_Bloggs wrote: »

The French are to create an MP for Northern Europe. There may be close to 80% of the constituency in the UK if not just London.
J_B.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel it is ironic that the Front National (an anti-immigration party) are fielding an immigrant as a candidate:

• Axelle Lemaire, Socialist Party (London)
• Emmanuelle Savarit, UMP party (London)
• Yannick Naud, Democratic Movement (London)
• Will Mael Nyamat, independent (London)
• Olivier Bertin, Green Party (London)
• Olivier Cadic, Centrist Alliance (London)
• Denys Dhiver, supported by the Christian Democratic Party and France Ecologie (Leicester, UK)
• Gaspard Koenig, Liberal Democratic (London)
• Guy Le Guezennec, National Front (Kent, UK)
• Jerome de Lavenere Lussan, independent (London)
• Marie-Claire Sparrow, Gathering of French residents overseas (Essex, UK)
• Bertrand Larmoyer, independent liberal (London)
• Aberzack Boulariah, independent (Ireland)
• Olivier de Chazeaux, supported by the Radical Party, New Centre, and Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance (Paris)
• Lucile Jamet, Left Front
• Patrick Kaboza, independent candidate (Riga, Latvia)
• Ezella Sahraoui, Radical Party of the Left (Lille, France)
• Christophe Schermesser, European Federalist Party (Finland)
• Edith Tixier, Solidarity and Progress party
• Anne-Marie Wolfson, independent (Paris)

Judging from his surname I would guess he's 'Breton' rather than 'French' anyway, it would be a bit like Siobhan O'Neill standing for the English League or whatever those onanists are called.

Joe_Bloggs

UK expatriates can vote up to fifteen years in the constituency that they were last registered in for British Elections . There are thought to be 5 million expats around the globe. They can vote by post or via a proxy in the UK.

J_B.

ruggedtoast

Another reason not to go to London then.